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According to the National Chicken Council, the United States poultry industry processed over 9.22 billion broilers in 2020. To accomplish this feat, the poultry industry relies on a vertically integrated production syste…

Learn more about Doris Mueller-Doblies, Global Food Safety Consultant with Elanco based in Austria

The results of vaccination with live Pneumovirus vaccines are sometimes very difficult to understand. In fattening turkeys, this is the most important viral respiratory disease and it only can be fought by preventing the…

Mortality in cage-free flocks declines as managers gain experience and knowledge over time

Article taken from Heifer International; read more and or support their causes at Heifer.org

For over seven years, Egg Farmers of Canada has partnered with Heart for Africa to support Project Canaan, a 1,000 hectare large-scale land development project in Eswatini. Through Project Canaan, expertise and resources…

Vaccinations and other preventative health measures are more critical than ever as the US egg industry shifts toward cage-free and no-antibiotics-ever production, according to an industry expert. Hy-Line International’s …

The US chicken industry, like a lot of industries, was reluctant to expand production last year in the teeth of the COVID-19 recession. In addition, production was constrained by the effects of the disease itself on proc…

A robust bull market in grain, and indeed in many different commodities, started in August of 2020. Over the next several months the price of corn doubled and soybean meal rose 50%. In May of this year, prices probably r…

The latest insights from the USDA show that chicken production in the EU could decline due to bird flu and COVID-19 impacts, but global poultry production is expected to make gains.

A few essential adjustments in the way infectious bronchitis vaccines are handled and administered at the hatchery can improve vaccine efficacy, Brian Jordan, PhD, assistant professor, University of Georgia, told Poultry…

On Tuesday, USDA released their World Ag Supply and Demand Estimates report, and red meat and poultry estimates were lowered

I’ve been learning about coccidiosis ever since graduate school, back in 1990. In fact, my master’s thesis was about coccidiosis in broilers. I wrote 150 pages about chicken poop. In the ensuing 30 years, I’ve dealt a lo…

Innovative time-resolved method reveals network formation by and dynamics of proteins

This week's round-up of news from the global poultry industry includes USDA efforts to control salmonella outbreaks and an overview of China's livestock feed sector.

On Friday 8 October, egg fans worldwide celebrate the power of the egg and all its nutritional and environmental benefits.

Gas prices all over the world are extremely high. Problems started last winter, which was cold in Asia, and gas demand was high there.

Global meta-analysis shows that a highly digestible soy protein outperforms four other more costly protein sources for starter feed formulation, with a carry-over effect to slaughter.

Under the Growing Climate Solutions Act (GCSA), small farmers, as well as ranchers and forest owners, are set to receive help in entering the “voluntary environmental credit market.”

An interview with Tim Cummings, DVM Senior Technical Services Veterinarian, Zoetis